Electoral district of Myall Lakes

Myall Lakes New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1988–present
MP	Stephen Bromhead
Party	The Nationals
Area	5,023.82 km² (1,939.7 sq mi)

Myall Lakes is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Stephen Bromhead of The Nationals.

Myall Lakes covers most of the former Great Lakes Council including Forster, Tuncurry, Bulahdelah, Nabiac, Failford, Pacific Palms, Smiths Lake, Bungwahl, Coolongolook and Wootton, as well as most of the City of Greater Taree including Taree, Cundletown, Wingham, Tinonee, Old Bar, Krambach, Nabiac, Possum Brush and Hallidays Point.^[1]

History

Myall Lakes was created in 1988, partly replacing Gloucester.

Members for Myall Lakes

Member		Party	Term
	John Turner	National	1988–2011
	Stephen Bromhead	National	2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Myall Lakes

New South Wales state election, 2015: Myall Lakes^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Stephen Bromhead	22,617	46.9	−17.7
	Labor	David Keegan	13,483	27.9	+15.2
	Independent	Steve Attkins	7,295	15.1	+15.1
	Greens	Stephen Ballantine	3,186	6.6	−0.4
	Christian Democrats	Andrew Weatherstone	1,158	2.4	+2.4
	No Land Tax	Giovina Gouskos	515	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			48,254	97.0	+0.2
Informal votes			1,475	3.0	−0.2
Turnout			49,729	90.8	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Stephen Bromhead	24,370	58.7	−19.8
	Labor	David Keegan	17,115	41.3	+19.8
	National hold		Swing	−19.8

References

↑ "Myall Lakes". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
↑ State Electoral District of Myall Lakes: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Myall Lakes: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

Electoral districts of New South Wales

Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia

Federal divisions	Cowper Lyne

State electorates	Coffs Harbour Myall Lakes Oxley Port Macquarie

Local government areas	Bellingen Coffs Harbour Kempsey Nambucca Port Macquarie-Hastings Greater Taree

Cities	Coffs Harbour

Towns / suburbs	Arakoon Batar Bellingen Birdwood Boambee Bonny Hills Bonville Bostobrick Bowraville Camden Haven Collombatti Comboyne Coopernook Coramba Corindi Beach Crescent Head Cundletown Dorrigo Ellenborough Frederickton Hannam Vale Harrington Hat Head Herons Creek Jerseyville Karangi Kempsey Kendall Kew Kinchela Kindee Kolodong Krambach Kundabung Lake Cathie Lansdowne Laurieton Long Flat Lowanna Macksville Manning Point Mylestom Nambucca Heads Nana Glen Newee Creek New Entrance North Haven Oceanside Old Bar Park Beach Port Macquarie Raleigh Repton Sawtell Scotts Head Smithtown South West Rocks Taree Taylors Arm Telegraph Point Thora Toms Creek Tinonee Toormina Ulong Urunga Valla Warrell Creek Wingham Woolgoolga Wauchope

Rivers	Apsley Barnard Barrington Bellinger Bowman Camden Haven Cells Christmas Coolongolook Cooplacurripa Crawford Dawson Doyles Ellenborough Forbes Georges Hastings Kalang Kunderang Lansdowne Macleay Manning Maria Mummel Myall Lakes Myall Nambucca Never Never Nowendoc Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Rosewood Rowleys Smiths Lake Stewarts Taylors Throne Tobins Walcrow Wallamba Wallingat Wallis Lake Wang Wauk Williams Wilson

Ranges and mountains	Banda Banda Three Brothers

National parks / Nature reserves / Important Bird Areas	Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve Dooragan NP Ellenborough Falls Hastings-Macleay IBA Hat Head NP Kattang Nature Reserve Maria NP Middle Brother NP Sea Acres NP

Major tourist attractions	Big Banana Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Willi Willi Caves

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